By Monwabisi Jimlongo
Azinga ‘Golden Boy’ Fuzile is determined to rescucitate his boxing career following a number of false starts, which have hampered his progress in the square ring.
A once promising boxing career that has stalled because of a number of reasons is now being resurrected as the one-time world title contender is going to return to action in November.
Fuzile, who’s returning to the junior-lightweight division after just one fight at lightweight, joined Mlandeli Tengimfene’s All Winners Boxing Club in Mdantsane last month in a bid to reclaim his place in the fistic sport. And the lad from Duncan Village’s skills are now honed by former South African flyweight champion Makazole Tete.
“I’m happy where I am now. I’m working very hard in an effort to regain my ratings in world boxing bodies. I believe that I can still go back to where I was before. I’m going to get my first fight in November and have been promised more fights after that. A new Azinga is going to emerge,” Fuzile said.
Tengimfene said: “We have a plan for Azinga and we want to make sure that he gets back to where he was before and regain his ratings. He’s going to fight in November and I have already spoken to different world bodies making them know that Azinga is back.”
Five months ago, the former South African featherweight champion joined Fantastic 2 Boxing Promotions after more than eight years as a Rumble Africa Promotions (RAP) boxer. However, that move didn’t bring anything positive to him.
The 27-year-old southpaw, who lost to Japanese boxer Kenichi Ogawa when they fought for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior-lightweight title in the United States in November 2021, has not fought since he stopped Malawian Romeo Makwakwa in East London in July last year.
